Bolivar

From Foreword: But as I see it the principal point of Bolivar's story is the struggle of an heroic soul. It is the struggle of the idealist brought up with the heroes of Antiquity against the temptation of power, the struggle of the born dictator against his own moral principles, the struggle of a man who, during ten years, rejects the dictatorship which he could have seized because he believes it dangerous and who, nevertheless, finally takes it.